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Problem

Ordinary cross-thread reductions such as T.reduce_max still use a shuffle tree even when a full warp can use redux.sync. On main 837486a, four independent 32-lane FP32 max reductions compiled for sm_103a with CUDA 13.1 produce 20 shuffle instructions and no redux. The same program with this change produces four redux.sync.max.f32 instructions and no shuffles.

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  • Reuse warp_reduce from scalar and batched AllReduce stages whenever the group is a warp-aligned, unit-stride full warp. The caller checks only thread geometry; the helper owns architecture, dtype, and operator dispatch. This also covers the final warp stage of larger reductions without adding a compiler pass or changing the DSL.
  • Use integer redux on SM80+ and FP32 min/max redux on sm_100a/sm_100f and sm_103a/sm_103f. Recognize the SM103 architecture and CUDA family-specific feature macros. Delegating to the helper also enables its existing narrow scalar promotions: smaller integers to 32 bits and FP16/BF16 min/max to FP32.
  • Dispatch supported integer operators directly and let unsupported operators fall through to shuffles. A custom uint32_t reducer previously failed to compile because the intrinsic-dispatch lambda returned void; it now compiles using the existing shuffle fallback. Packed-reduction regressions also retain shuffles, without a duplicate support whitelist in AllReduce.
  • Keep FP64 on the shuffle path instead of narrowing it to FP32. Use explicit floating-point conversion for narrow scalar types, including CUTLASS FP16/BF16, when entering the FP32 warp helper.

PTX regressions assert the actual redux instructions and absence of shuffles, including ordinary T.reduce_max on all four FP32 targets. Runtime coverage checks signed/unsigned edge values, batched clear=False, NVRTC execution, non-finite values, signed zero, narrow scalar promotion, and exact FP64 results.

Sub-warp, strided, packed, unsupported dtype/operator, and unsupported architecture cases retain their shuffle fallback. Cross-warp shared memory and barriers are unchanged; no end-to-end speedup is claimed.

The broader reduction suite has three existing FP16/BF16 batch-size failures (batch=4 with two outputs per thread, or batch=8 with four). These also reproduce with the unmodified main CUDA templates and fail during lowering, before template compilation; they are outside this change.

BF16 min/max with clear=True under NVRTC also reproduces an existing missing std::numeric_limits error with the main templates and unchanged main compiler. Narrow floating-point runtime checks therefore use the default CUDA backend; FP32 and integer NVRTC coverage remains in place.

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Walkthrough

Eligible CUDA warp reductions now use hardware redux.sync instructions for supported operations and types. Other reductions retain shuffle-based paths. Tests cover generated PTX and runtime results, and the programming guide documents the supported cases.

Changes: CUDA warp reductions

Layer / File(s) Summary
Warp reduction dispatch and instruction support
src/tl_templates/cuda/reduce.h
AllReduce::run and run_batch use warp_reduce for eligible reductions. The floating-point min/max path supports SM100 and SM103 targets.
PTX path and fallback checks
testing/python/language/test_tilelang_language_reduce_redux.py
PTX tests check redux.sync selection and shuffle fallbacks across architectures, operations, types, widths, scales, batches, and thread offsets.
Runtime validation and documented behavior
testing/python/language/test_tilelang_language_reduce_redux.py, testing/python/language/test_tilelang_language_warp_reduce.py, docs/programming_guides/instructions.md
Runtime tests compare integer and floating-point reductions with expected results. The guide documents supported redux.sync cases and fallback behavior.

Priority: Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant TileLangKernel
  participant AllReduce
  participant warp_reduce
  participant CUDAreduxsync
  TileLangKernel->>AllReduce: Request cross-thread reduction
  alt Eligible warp reduction
    AllReduce->>warp_reduce: Reduce supported type and operation
    warp_reduce->>CUDAreduxsync: Execute redux.sync
  else Ineligible reduction
    AllReduce->>AllReduce: Use butterfly reduction
  end
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Possibly related PRs

  • tile-ai/tilelang#3684: Effective batch selection determines the run_batch call and can affect whether its redux fast path applies.
  • tile-ai/tilelang#3341: The resolved thread range and offset determine whether a batched reduction meets the redux fast-path conditions.

Suggested labels: enhancement, documentation

Suggested reviewers: tzj-fxz, rachmanino

Merge Risk: Low · up to 4ef82

The reduction test does not verify the sign of its mixed-zero result. This is a bounded coverage gap; confirm the expected sign on supported devices before adding the assertion.

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The description states the problem (shuffle trees used for ordinary cross-thread reductions where a full warp could use redux.sync), the approach (reusing warp_reduce in AllReduce stages, dtype/operator dispatch, FP64 kept on shuffles, narrow-type conversions), the test coverage (PTX and runtime regressions), and known out-of-scope failures. It directly describes the changeset, so it is not off-topic or vague.

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- Around line 237-239: Extend the signbit checks around `actual` to cover row 3,
choosing the expected sign separately for `max` and `min` based on the intended
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expected = torch.tensor([[3.0], [float("inf") if operation == "max" else -float("inf")], [-0.0], [0.0]], device="cuda")
torch.testing.assert_close(actual, expected, rtol=0, atol=0)
assert torch.signbit(actual[2]).all()

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Supported by static analysis

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sed -n '215,245p' testing/python/language/test_tilelang_language_reduce_redux.py
sed -n '340,390p' src/tl_templates/cuda/reduce.h
rg -n 'fast_max|fast_min|redux.sync|signbit' src/tl_templates/cuda testing/python/language/test_tilelang_language_reduce_redux.py

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Check the sign of row 3 in the mixed-zero case.

Row 3 contains +0.0 in lane 0 and -0.0 in the other lanes. The expected value for both max and min is +0.0. torch.testing.assert_close(..., rtol=0, atol=0) compares values, so -0.0 and +0.0 compare equal. The test therefore accepts either sign for row 3, under either operation. A sign-aware min over this row returns -0.0, so a min result of +0.0 passes without detection. The torch.signbit check covers only row 2, where every input is -0.0. That check does not exercise the sign choice between +0.0 and -0.0.

Add an explicit torch.signbit assertion for row 3. Choose the expected sign for each operation. Before you do, confirm that the shuffle fallback on pre-SM100 devices returns the same sign for this row. The test has no architecture gate, so it runs on those devices. If the fallback sign differs, gate the row 3 check by architecture, or remove that row from the sign check.

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- 239:
Extend the signbit checks around `actual` to cover row 3, choosing the expected
sign separately for `max` and `min` based on the intended reduction behavior.
Verify the pre-SM100 shuffle fallback’s sign for this mixed-zero row; if it
differs, gate the row 3 assertion by architecture or omit that assertion so the
test remains valid on those devices.

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